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Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Housing is now a desperate crisis. The rent cap, put in place by the Government in areas of housing pressure, is not helping the market. It is driving landlords away from the provision of social housing and is driving them into the Airbnb business. I ask the Taoiseach not to proceed any further and not to designate any other areas in the State for rent caps. It is having an adverse effect...

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, well in her new role. We are sorry to lose her from her last Ministry because she had a lot of input into the fair deal scheme that we are trying to get for the farming community. She understood it well. We only hope that the new Minister of State will be as conversant with it as she was. We wish her all the very best for the future. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Deputy Michael Collins asked me to pass on his apologies. He is trying to make the meeting and will be here as soon as he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very glad that Mr. McGuinness came in here. It is not an easy thing to do to come in and tell one's story like Mr. McGuinness has done. We greatly sympathise with him because we can understand greatly what is happening. Take our own Leader programme in Kerry. There were three excellent companies delivering the Leader programme. There was North and East Kerry Development, South Kerry...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The draft planning guidelines for wind turbines have been made available. Will these new guidelines apply to applications that have already been made? People in the Gneevgullia area, where there is a wind turbine application already in place, are saying that four times the height of a turbine is not enough distance to have between a dwelling and the turbine. In others words, the turbines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Has it become apparent since the rent caps were put in place in Dublin and other places that landlords are making fewer units available for social housing? Has it driven them into the Airbnb market? I am being told it has. There has been a lot of criticism of landlords from many sectors, which they feel is unfair. All through the bad times and the tough times, they made units available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will only be a second, thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is fine.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil for giving us the opportunity to discuss Brexit and the negative impact it will have, especially on small businesses, farmers and fishermen. Small business people who have come through the recession are already very concerned with the reduction in the value of sterling. It means their income is short by 10% or 12% currently and they are worried that if this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to address funding deficiencies in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26534/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the working conditions of English language teachers (details supplied); if he plans to legislate for their rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28471/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Valuation Office (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 906. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason petrol stations are being revalued at an increase of 400%; the further reason the forecourts of petrol stations are being valued at four times higher than the forecourts of other stores; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28539/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason glucose reading sensors (details supplied) are not included in the long term illness book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28621/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the community ophthalmic services scheme (details supplied); his views on whether the process could be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28912/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the universal child care subsidy; if the €20 a week will be available from September 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28927/17]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Farmers are being over-regulated. What will the MOT testing of tractors and the doing of away of splash plates on slurry tanks cost farmers? What about not being allowed to spread slurry at certain times of the year, even when the weather is fine? In Northern Ireland farmers can spread slurry the very same day above the ditch. The new drink driving rules, if introduced by the Minister,...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will finish on this point because I was interrupted.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach is starting off on the wrong foot by acceding to the request made by Deputy Micheál Martin to curtail speaking time for smaller groups and Independents, denying us the right to speak in this Chamber on behalf of the people whom we have been elected to represent. It has become clear to me over time that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil would like to get rid of all of the...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: They never stop interrupting.